Polygenic Score Catalog increases diversity and usability of genetic data

Important new updates to the largest open database for polygenic scores, the Polygenic Score (PGS) Catalog, could help to generate more equitable disease risk predictions for a diverse range of ethnic backgrounds.

These updates — which include the addition of data from multi-ancestry and non-European populations and a new software tool for the PGS calculation — are described in a Nature Genetics paper.

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